The utility of mandatory depression screening of dementia patients in nursing homes

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 160, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2012-2017

  Cohen, Carl I ^a   Hyland, Kathryn ^b   Kimhy, David ^b  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSING HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; COMORBIDITY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DRUG UTILIZATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NEW YORK CITY; NURSING HOMES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREJUDICE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES;

EID: 10244221074     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.160.11.2012     Document Type: Article

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